Things changed in July last year, when Andrew noticed muscles twitching in his limbs; the spasms spread to his whole body within a few weeks. At first, we were worried but didn’t catastrophise. We ...

A fitness instructor from Liverpool is preparing to take part in the Liverpool Half Marathon later this month after her ...

Survival can be up to 20–30 years. Adults tend to present with bulbar or pseudobulbar palsy, spasticity, ataxia, cognitive decline and dysautonomia. The MRI pattern in Alexander disease often falls ...

Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) causes a loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem. It mainly affects facial and swallowing muscles and the muscles in the arms and legs.

People are being urged to watch for symptoms that may indicate Motor Neurone Disease (MND). The condition causes progressive muscle weakness and, according to the NHS, one key sign to be aware of ...

People are being warned to keep an eye on signs and symptoms that could point to a disease which causes weakness that gets progressively worse. According to the NHS, the sign that you need to look ...

Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a disorder of declining language that is a frequent presentation of neurodegenerative diseases such as frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Three variants of PPA ...

Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a hereditary neuromuscular disorder caused by CAG trinucleotide expansion in the gene encoding the androgen receptor (AR). In the central nervous system, ...

Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common motor disability in childhood, affecting about one in 323 children in the United States. It's caused by brain damage and affects a person's muscle tone, balance, ...